> Two institutions at present control our children'​s lives: television and schooling, in that order. ---p25

> Two institutions at present control our children'​s lives: television and schooling, in that order. ---p25

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^Activity ​ ^ Time (hours) ​ ^^

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^Activity ​ ​^ ​Time (hours) ​ ^^

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|weekly total | 168 ||

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|weekly total ​| ​168 ||

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|of which: ​ ​|||

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|of which: ​|||

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|sleep ​ | 56 ||

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|sleep ​ | 56 ||

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|television ​ | 55 ||

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|television ​ ​| ​55 ||

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|school ​ | 30 | 45 ​|

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|school ​ ​| ​30 | 45 |

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|preparation and travel | 8 | ::: |

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|preparation and travel | 8 ​| ​::: ​|

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|homework ​ | 7 | ::: |

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|homework ​ ​| ​7 ​| ​::: ​|

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|eating ​ | 3 ||

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|eating ​ ​| ​3 ||

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|**remaining time** ​ | **9** ||

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|**remaining time** ​ ​| ​**9** ||

These dominant influences create dependency and there is no remaining time to enable children to learn any degree of self-reliance.

These dominant influences create dependency and there is no remaining time to enable children to learn any degree of self-reliance.

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Institutions invariably protect their own interests over and above the goals for which they are created. ​ Educational institutions are no exception.

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Institutions invariably protect their own interests over and above the goals for which they are created. ​ Educational institutions are no exception. ​

> It was this philistine potential --- that teaching the young //for pay// would inevitably expand into an institution for the protection of teachers, not students --- that made Socrates condemn the Sophists so strongly long ago in ancient Greece.

> It was this philistine potential --- that teaching the young //for pay// would inevitably expand into an institution for the protection of teachers, not students --- that made Socrates condemn the Sophists so strongly long ago in ancient Greece.